Unpaid Wages & Wage Theft
If you’ve been the victim of Unpaid Wages or Wage Theft? Our law firm can help. We represent employees who have been the victims of Unpaid Wages or Wage Theft in NY
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Unpaid Wages & Wage Theft
When someone is fired from their job, a common question that comes up is whether or not they are entitled to the wages they were promised. Call us to learn your rights
Fair Labor Standards Act
The FLSA sets certain rules and regulations when it comes to how much an employee earns while they are wage earners. Our lawyers are experts in using the FSLA to hold employers who don’t properly pay employee wages, accountable
Unpaid Wages Lawyers
Our lawyers advise unpaid Wages victims what are some of the legal implications and options for finding a solution? Find out more about what you can do if you’re owed Unpaid Wages
“El-Hag helped me recover $100,000 in unpaid overtime because the time spent traveling was not paid”
UNPAID WAGES LAWYER NY
We’ve helped employees just like you recover millions in damages. I can help you too!
El-Hag & Associates, P.C is a labor & employment law firm that fights for employees, workers, and freelancers who are owed unpaid wages or are the victims of Wage Theft. Often workers not familiar with Federal, State, and Local Laws, do not realize that they may be owed wages due to miscalculations in minimum wage and overtime pay and sometimes outright wage theft by the employer. Because of this, our goal as a wage theft labor and employment law firm is to educate and empower every working person in Westchester County New York, New York City, and the surrounding areas to learn whether they are victims of unpaid wages now, or how to protect themselves, so they are never taken advantage of by their employer. We will educate you about your rights at work and create a comprehensive legal strategy, and plan to address your Unpaid Wages or employer wage theft legal needs. We guarantee a relationship of ongoing trust, transparency, and communication. If you feel you have been paid incorrectly, treated unfairly in the workplace, or wrongly terminated, call El-Hag & Associates, P.C- a Westchester New York labor & employment law firm and we will fight for you.
Are you an hourly, salaried, or tipped worker?
You might be owed tens of thousands of dollars in lost wages, emotional distress, and other damages and not even know it!
HOW WAGE THEFT OCCURS WHEN YOUR BOSS PAYS YOU BY THE DAY AND NOT BY THE HOUR
You MUST: (1) be paid at least the N.Y State Minimum Wage for all hours worked and (2) be paid overtime for all time worked over 40 hours in a workweek. However, when employees are paid by the day, they are often not paid the minimum wage or overtime because they and their bosses do not keep track of the hours the employee works in the week. The law requires your income to be calculated weekly.
HOW WAGE THEFT OCCURS BY NOT BEING PAID FOR ALL HOURS WORKED
Often, an employee is not paid for all the time they are required to be on/at the job. This usually happens in three situations:
- Reporting to work first thing in the morning. You must be paid if your employer requires you to show up at a certain time. Often, the employer will require that you show up for work but will not let you punch in until the work is ready to be performed. This is an unlawful practice. Once you report to the job, you must be paid if your boss told you to report at that time.
- Working through lunch. If your employer requires you to work through lunch, then your employer cannot deduct any lunchtime from your pay. Sometimes an employer will automatically deduct 30 minutes for lunch from your paycheck for each day you worked even if you did not take a lunch break. Do not allow this to happen. If your boss knows you work through lunch, you must be paid for that time.
- Finishing the workday. Sometimes an employer will ask you to do some more work after you have punched off the clock. If you are being asked to work after you punched out, you need to keep track of the time to ensure you are getting your overtime and pay for all time you provided services to your employer.
HOW WAGE THEFT OCCURS WHEN AN EMPLOYER BOUNCES YOUR PAYCHECK
Some employers will bounce a check, apologize, and tell you they will make it up at some point in the future. Then they keep on not paying you the full amount owed, and they might even bounce more checks in the future. You end up in a cycle where you do not want to quit because you are owed so much money, and you do not want to lose the opportunity to recoup your wages. This is also known as “Stalled Wages.” It happens a lot in the construction industry.
In New York, manual laborers are paid weekly. So, make sure you receive your paycheck on payday and do not get trapped in the cycle of being owed money.
HOW WAGE THEFT OCCURS WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR JOB
Usually, an employer will withhold your last paycheck or make certain deductions from your last paycheck for bogus expenses. Your employer must provide you with your last paycheck on payday immediately following your last day of employment. And your employer cannot deduct money from your wages without your express authorization and only for benefits provided through the job. Often, the employer feels it is only one paycheck, so it is not enough for an attorney to take the case. Do not feel this way; if your boss does not pay you your last paycheck, you have rights, and El-Hag & Associates, P.C can get you the money you are owed.
Case Results
James
recovered $160,000 in severance pay and left work on his own terms.
Katrina
recovered $60,000 when her employer denied her leave for her disabled child (3 years pay)!
Tony
recovered $50,000 for losing his job after his boss made racists comments!
Monica
recovered $25,000 in unpaid overtime because her boss incorrectly treated her as not entitled to overtime under the law as a salaried office worker.
Manuel
recovered $45,000 as a deli worker because he worked more than 40 hours a week without overtime pay. The boss paid him off the books without paying him any overtime and we recovered an extra $10,000 in penalties.
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How we help you recover your
unpaid wages in just 4-9 months
Let our Unpaid Wages & Wage Theft Law Firm Fight for You
Don’t let your employer keep your hard-earned money by threatening or scaring you into inaction.
- You can sue any company you worked for in the past six years. It does not have to be a company at which you are currently working.
- Attorney-Client Privilege- We CANNOT tell anyone about your case unless you ask us to. Your call is 100% confidential and protected by the attorney-client privilege.
- The law protects you. The law prevents retaliation. You can collect lost wages and benefits, penalties, demand your job back, and even demand front pay (money to cover you for the time it would take to find new work).
- Attack only when you’re comfortable. We only move forward when you are ready. There is no pressure to start. You can have your free wage evaluation, come up with a strategy, collect evidence, and begin when you are ready.
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Why clients prefer El-Hag Law
Millions in unpaid wages on behalf of individual clients
Although we have litigated class action lawsuits, nothing makes us happier than handing an individual a check for tens of thousands of dollars. It’s a life-changing experience for most of our clients. That is why we focus on helping the most underserved people and take on the most challenging to win cases. We know how to win these cases and are not afraid to fight on our clients' behalf.
Experience representing employees on an individual or class action basis
Did you know that you could end up receiving less as being part of a class-action lawsuit instead of litigating your case individually? We have handled numerous cases where there are multiple clients, and we know when it would benefit our clients to be part of a class action or not. Generally, class actions benefit the lawyers more than the clients, and we will never put our interest before yours. We always keep our current clients' interests at the forefront of our decisions. Because we have experience handling class action lawsuits and individual lawsuits, we can help you make the right decision for your case.
Will take your case to trial if necessary
The truth is that most lawsuits settle. Many attorneys have no experience going to trial. However, we will. And because we will bring it to trial, we can get better settlements for our clients because other firms know we will go the distance.
Your case is handled by the same person from start to finish
How would you like it if the person who handles your trial is not the person who had all the experience of putting your case together from the beginning? Some law firms will have different people working on different parts of the case to make the firm more efficient. However, in the process, things can fall through the cracks. Not with us. One person handles your case from start to finish, so the representative is personally familiar with all people and facts.
There is an art to winning a lawsuit. How can a person know how a witness will behave at trial if they had no interaction with the witness before the trial date? It's impossible to be effective. These are the kinds of things most people do not know to ask when they are evaluating lawyers. But because we need to win your case to get paid, we make sure that your case does not fall through the cracks.
We care about you and your case
We don't nickel and dime clients for 1-minute phone calls. We put in the time to build relationships and educate our clients. We know this is a scary process for most people. Every client who has walked through our door has never been in a lawsuit before. We want to make sure you are comfortable and educated on what is going on with your case. We provide you with the right information to make educated decisions about your case. It takes time to build strong relationships, and we are happy to put in the time for you.
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